The Football.....

[AndyRM]

 

[Smokin Joe]

It's a sad state of affairs these days that, despite all the badge-slapping, club allegiance is so transitory or even non-existent.

It's a bit of a two way street with club and players though - most clubs are downright mercenary too.

As a serious question - how would we define a truly non-mercenary player in the modern game? Any examples of them?

True, clubs are no angels either and will out a player when he is no longer of any use. But if he won't go they still have to pay his wages, as Chelsea did with someone who's name escapes me when he refused a transfer a few years ago and sat out his lucrative contract on the bench every week. A player who has just signed a contract for five years with a massive pay increase has a duty to the club to at least turn up and play even if he is agitating for a move.

 

[J1888]

When your playing budget is greater than every other team in the country combined (other than Rangers) what do you expect?

Still, congratulations to Brendan. He's going to win something and justify his own hype. Sort of.

I expected to be ahead at this stage in the title race, I didn't expect to have won 21 and drawn 1!

 

[mark st1]

But, I believe, that Paul Scholes never had an agent as such, just negoiated his own wages (this could be an urban myth of course).

Fact. Spoken by the man himself not to long ago on BT Sport.

 

[mark st1]

And as much as people hate him. John Terry

He could have gone to Manchester City for big bucks but chose to stay with a lower wage.

One of the best centre backs the Prem has seen. Would have loved to have had him at OT. And a keen swordsman in his spare time I believe

 

[SpokeyDokey]

True, clubs are no angels either and will out a player when he is no longer of any use. But if he won't go they still have to pay his wages, as Chelsea did with someone who's name escapes me when he refused a transfer a few years ago and sat out his lucrative contract on the bench every week. A player who has just signed a contract for five years with a massive pay increase has a duty to the club to at least turn up and play even if he is agitating for a move.

That was Deco - I think we paid him around £40k a week for years.

I hope you don't think I was sympathising with Payet? I think he was behaving like a complete arse tbh.

 

[AndyRM]

I expected to be ahead at this stage in the title race, I didn't expect to have won 21 and drawn 1!

It is an impressive run. I wonder how many of the 1.5m who were in the stands at Lisbon have been on the journey?

 

[vickster]

And a keen swordsman in his spare time I believe

Is that what you call having it away with a team mates other half?

 

[AndyRM]

That was Deco - I think we paid him around £40k a week for years.

Was it? I remember him being class (I was living with a Chelsea fan at the time), but injury prone rather than unwilling to play.

 

[J1888]

Was it? I remember him being class (I was living with a Chelsea fan at the time), but injury prone rather than unwilling to play.

And a diving scrote

 

[J1888]

It is an impressive run. I wonder how many of the 1.5m who were in the stands at Lisbon have been on the journey?

Now now, any more dissent and I'll tell Brendan to cancel Ajer's loan

 

[AndyRM]

Now now, any more dissent and I'll tell Brendan to cancel Ajer's loan

I watched the extended highlights of our game on Alba earlier and he does look some player. At least he's getting played properly, think the last loan we had off youse was Jackson Irvine and the only place he didn't get played was in nets.

 

[Reynard]

OMG, we go to Sutton!

 

[vickster]

OMG, we go to Sutton!

Hmm how to get a home ticket. Think Sutton would have preferred an away tie

 

[AndyRM]

Dafuq is the draw on The One Show for?!